chatta

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi छाता (chātā)

Noun

chatta (plural chattas)

  1. (India) An umbrella.
    • 1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India
      His air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or umbrella, was perfectly majestic.
    • 1854, Alexander Cunningham, The Bhilsa topes, or, Buddhist monuments of central India:
      The dome was crowned by a pedestal 4½ feet square, which supported a chatta about 3½ feet in diameter.

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Italian

Verb

chatta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of chattare
  2. second-person singular imperative of chattare

Swedish

Etymology

From English chat +‎ -a

Verb

chatta (present chattar, preterite chattade, supine chattat, imperative chatta)

  1. to chat (to talk informally, especially online)

Conjugation